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The Great War
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Battle of the Ancre. Troops of the Sherwood Foresters (Nottingham and Derbyshire) Regiment cooking their 'Pork and Beans' ration in dixies. Near St. Pierre Divion, November 1916.
28 April
On this day – 28 April

1915 (Wednesday)

  • Second Battle of Ypres: German offensive definitely stopped.
  • Germans bomb Dunkirk, Pervyse and Nancy; French bomb Friedrichshafen.
  • Germans storm French position at Les Mesnils.
  • Very powerful Austro-German offensive under von Mackensen begins between the Dunajec and Biala Rivers (west Galicia). Russians driven back.
  • Dardanelles: Allied forces, aided by HMS Queen Elizabeth, advance on Krithia; First Battle of Krithia (see 6 May).
  • Skirmishes east of the Suez Canal.
  • Germans defeated at Gibeon (German south-west Africa).
  • South African Government publishes a Blue Book on the rebellion.
  • British Government conclude a treaty with the Idrisi for co-operation against the Turks (see 31 January).

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Acknowledgements

Various material contemporary with the war have been used to compile The Great War:On This Day and associated index. Data has been gleaned from two main sources: Chronology of the War (1918-1920), and History of the Great War – Principal Events 1914-1918 (1922). The information in these works were deemed correct at the time of their respective publication dates, and may not accurately represent present-day histories, spelling of place names, political, and geographical boundaries. Click here for a full list of sources.

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